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The Fragile translated to the stage

Fragility

November 9, 1999 – July 9, 2000

Fragility turned The Fragile into a sequence of physical and visual environments. The first theater-scale production used gauze and suspended light, the North American arena version introduced vertical screens and Bill Viola imagery, and the final festival dates deliberately abandoned the complete system for shorter, more aggressive sets.

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Status: Historical
Tour / era span: 1999–2000
Shows: 19
Photographs: 6,626

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Shows and Photographs

Photographs are available for shows from JANUARY 26, 2000 – JULY 7, 2000. Select a show to view them.

JANUARY 26, 2000 POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND Image count · 387View concert APRIL 20, 2000 CONSECO FIELDHOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS, IN Image count · 253View concert APRIL 21, 2000 UIC PAVILLION, CHICAGO Image count · 137View concert APRIL 28, 2000 MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, TORONTO, ON Image count · 278View concert APRIL 30, 2000 MOLSON CENTRE, MONTREAL Image count · 209View concert MAY 2, 2000 THE CENTRUM, WORCESTER Image count · 174View concert MAY 3, 2000 PROVIDENCE CIVIC CENTER, PROVIDENCE Image count · 90View concert MAY 6, 2000 FIRST UNION SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA Image count · 1,141View concert MAY 9, 2000 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY Image count · 117View concert MAY 17, 2000 MIAMI ARENA, MIAMI Image count · 185View concert MAY 27, 2000 KIEL CENTER, ST. LOUIS Image count · 189View concert JUNE 2, 2000 THOMAS AND MACK CENTER, LAS VEGAS Image count · 470View concert JUNE 4, 2000 AMERICA WEST ARENA, PHOENIX, AZ Image count · 337View concert JUNE 7, 2000 COW PALACE, SAN FRANCISCO Image count · 1,661View concert JUNE 9, 2000 PEPSI CENTER, DENVER Image count · 239View concert JUNE 13, 2000 GREEK THEATRE, LOS ANGELES Image count · 341View concert JUNE 23, 2000 WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, ENGLAND Image count · 105View concert JUNE 30, 2000 OSLO SPEKTRUM, OSLO, NORWAY Image count · 272View concert JULY 7, 2000 ROSKILDE FESTIVAL, ROSKILDE, DENMARK Image count · 41View concert

Chronology

Touring Phases

Fragility v1.0

November 9, 1999 – February 6, 2000

Gauze, hanging light pods, narrow tubes, and a front-projection sequence framed the first full presentation.

Fragility v2.0

April 3 – June 18, 2000

Three vertical LED screens and Bill Viola imagery expanded the production for North American arenas.

European festivals

June 23 – July 9, 2000

Festival-provided systems replaced the proprietary production and encouraged shorter, harder sets.

People, system, repertoire

The Live Profile

Touring lineup

Touring lineup: Trent Reznor, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Jerome Dillon
Performance model: A multi-instrumental five-piece with roles shifting between guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, and vocals.

Stage and lighting

Fragility v1.0 used flowing gauze, hanging chandelier-like pods, narrow tubes, and front projection during the quiet visual suite.
Fragility v2.0 added three vertical LED screens, an opening scrim, and Bill Viola material for La Mer, The Great Below, and The Mark Has Been Made.
Festival shows are an explicit production exception because the complete proprietary system did not travel into those configurations.

Setlist patterns

Full-production shows opened with The New Flesh and Pinion into Somewhat Damaged.
A visual middle act linked La Mer, The Great Below, and The Mark Has Been Made before the main set returned to greater physical force.
Head Like a Hole usually closed the main set; The Day the World Went Away, rotating Fragile material, Starfuckers, Inc., and Hurt shaped the encore.
Festival sets frequently opened with Head Like a Hole and omitted the slower visual suite.

Support acts and co-bills

Atari Teenage Riot and Skingame supported Fragility v1.0.
A Perfect Circle supported Fragility v2.0; the final dates are represented as festival-bill appearances rather than a single support relationship.

Documented points of reference

Landmarks & Recordings

Madison Square Garden · May 9, 2000

Landmark performance

A prominent North American performance represented in the local archive and the wider history of Fragility v2.0.

The multi-show film record

Landmark performance

Fragility v2.0 was documented across multiple nights for And All That Could Have Been.

And All That Could Have Been

Official commercial release

The 2002 CD, DVD, and VHS program combines performances from the North American tour.

MTV Fragility special

Broadcast

European Fragility v1.0 footage was assembled into a television presentation.

Sources & review notes

Sources reviewed September 12, 2026. Show listings are drawn from the concert catalog.

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